The Estonian Institute in Finland and the Estonian Embassy organise a seminar in the auditorium “Kino K-13” of the Finnish Film Foundation about the Estonian War of Independence and the Finnish help to Estonia during the war.
At the end of the seminar the latest Estonian-Finnish co-operation movie, “Names in Marble”, based on the novel by Estonian writer Albert Kivikas of the same title will be shown.
Programme:
10:00 Greeting by the Estonian Ambassador mr. Matti Maasikas
10:10 Estonian War of Independence and Peace Treaty of Tartu – the basis of the republic’s identity. Member of Estonian Parliament mr. Mart Laar
10:40 Finland as an ally in the Estonian War of Independence. Chairman of the Finnish Institute in Estonia, mr. Martti Turtola.
11:10 Coffee break
11:25 Finnish volunteers in Estonia. Points of view after the war.
11:55 Building of the identity through a movie. Director of the movie “Names in Marble” mr. Elmo Nüganen.
12:25 Discussion
13:00-14:15 Lunch
14:15-16:00 movie “Names in Marble”
The working languages of the seminar are Estonian and Finnish. The possibility to take part, is open to everyone who registers. We kindly ask you to register no later than on Tuesday, 15 October.
Info and registration:
Mika Keränen,
Project manager
Estonian Institute in Finland
Mariankatu 8 B
00170 Helsinki
phone: 358 9 669 805
fax: 358 9 6 224 048
eeinst@saunalahti.fi
Kattri-Helina Raba,
3. secretary
Estonian Embassy
Itäinen Puistotie 10
00140 Helsingi
phone: 358 9 6 220 260
fax: 358 9 6 2 202 610
kattri-helina.raba@estemb.fi
